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Eclipses and countries › 12 September 2072

Total solar eclipse of 12 September 2072

Follow the shadow on the globe

One country has towns in the path: Russia. On the central line totality lasts at most 3 min 13 s. The longest of these towns is Mirny in Russia, with 3 min 4 s. There the path is about 801 km wide and the shadow moves at about 3,960 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 08:32 to 09:23 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 06:54 to 11:00 UTC.

Open on the mapAll 7 places in the city seeker

Countries along the path

In the order the shadow crosses them. Cloud cover is the average at the hour of the eclipse; the start is the local time in the first town the shadow reaches.

CountryPlacesTotalityCloud coverStartsBest place
Russia740 s to 3 min 4 s66% to 78%18:05 UTC+9Mirny 100

Best places by score

The score of the city seeker with its default setting: cloud cover counts heavily; duration, height of the Sun, airport, travel risk and terrain count less. At most two places per country. Your own setting in the city seeker can change the order.

  1. Mirny, Russia 1003 min 4 s · 71% cloud · Sun 11°
  2. Lensk, Russia 882 min 56 s · 71% cloud · Sun 11°

Moments

  • Partial eclipse begins on Earth
  • Central shadow touches the Earth
  • Central shadow leaves the Earth
  • Partial eclipse ends on Earth

Seen from elsewhere

The deepest moment of the partial eclipse in the largest city of each language of this site, in local time.

CitySun coveredDeepest
Amsterdam16%09:44 UTC+2
London13%08:40 UTC+1
Berlin19%09:52 UTC+2
Paris8%09:39 UTC+2
Moscow41%11:20 UTC+3
Seoul58%18:43 UTC+9
Beijing73%17:53 UTC+8

Not visible from Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Cairo and Tokyo.

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